Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 08:20:47 +0300 From: Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq@gmail.com> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GELI Swap password on boot Message-ID: <CADhH34onF_C7vtFxubrVDzp=uK3izf2Y-9WiFoe7GrpB-jrtuw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y73mZN6KPVDYKhAZaK0a5dE=DVdtQsRM-CuyzoGkA0p0wg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADhH34ofeV4N-3vmJAiNvi1%2B_A_3mMgd1eXjCSR6dUeXanQktw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y73mZN6KPVDYKhAZaK0a5dE=DVdtQsRM-CuyzoGkA0p0wg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8 November 2012 03:30, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am running FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE and I am experiencing some strange > > behaviour with GELI. > > > > Every time I boot up my computer, I get a request to enter the Encryption > > password for swap. swap is not encrypted and should not be asking for an > > encryption password. > > > > I have checked and ensured that there are no providers for geli for the > > ada0p3 partition. Any one have pointers on what I could check for to > > rectify this. > > in /etc/fstab you should have: > > /dev/ada0p3.eli none swap sw > 0 0 > > in /etc/rc.conf you should have (something like): > > geli_swap_flags="-e aes -l 256 -s 4096 -d" > > /etc/rc.d/encswap will generate a random password > I added that when I booted and was prompted again for a password. What puzzles me is that this device is not encrypted. Why is it asking me for a password? So I encrypted it and added what you have suggested and it still asks me for a password. I'll dig a little more into it to figure out why its doing this. -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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